Published in Overland Issue False Documents · Uncategorized The Museum of Lost Things Sonia Focke A look at the archives Image: Pasteurised milk bottle / flickr Read the rest of False Documents If you enjoyed this special edition, subscribe and receive a year’s worth of print issues, the online magazine, special editions and discounted entry to our literary competitions Sonia Focke Sonia Focke is an Egyptologist by profession, a teller of tales by trade. She spins tales of times long gone for curious visitors and of times that never were for any who will join her on the journey. Sonia lives in Munich, Germany. She has showered with a scorpion, married a blacksmith, moved house in a VW Polo and learned the whole of The Mikado by heart. More by Sonia Focke › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 13 June 2025 · Fiction Bardo Alex Goodfellow When I turn, the angle of my sitting gives a perfect view into the kitchen. I see a man, maybe the manager, slap that girl from the counter. She must have moved when I was not looking. Her earphones are thrown from her ears and freeze in their departure from her as I glance. When I look away, I consider that they may still be in the air. 11 June 202512 June 2025 · Art The case of the missing painting: art, power, and the politics of reviews Sarah Schmidt In Australia’s arts sector, two recent reviews have appeared to uphold integrity while quietly protecting the institutions themselves. They tell a revealing story about how federal cultural organisations are handling controversy, and why the public should care.
